I wanted the family to get a feel for what the PC volunteers experience when we stay in Bangkok, so I booked a room at Suk 11 - a guesthouse that we will sometimes stay in - and let's just say that they were impressed with the personality of the place.
That evening, we went to...
for dinner. Their hope is to make condoms as easily accessible for the average villager as cabbages. The decorations were all made of condoms.
The next day, we went to the weekend market. It's best to go early in the morning because it tends to get really crowded & hot.
We then took the river taxi...
to the Royal Palace.
They have a rule that you can't wear shorts/short pants, so the ladies had to change into pacines & the guys had to change into pants.
That evening, we went to the Oriental Hotel for a dinner show. I thought that it would be at the hotel itself, but it turns out that it was across the river from the hotel. But no worries, because the hotel had a shuttle boat to take us across.
Most Thai families sit on the floor when eating dinner. It gets a little uncomfortable after a while so I was a little concerned when I saw the low table, but they had a little "hole" under that table for our legs. 
The show was amazing! And the costumes were stunning!
The next morning, Karmen & Lew & Dad had a plane to catch back to the States & the rest of us headed over to Kanchanburi for a few days.
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